Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-07
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Five Bald Kuobbers convicted of whip
! ping +, p. Helms and driving him from his
homestead, we're sentenced to from two TO
six months in Jail at Springfield, No, last
week William Roberts was sent to the
penitentiary for year.
A l0years old boy, named Bonnie Wheel
err, took 100 foot tumble down the cold air
duct of Trinity church, Springfield Mass,
last Saturday afternoon and escaped with
his life. The shaft opens several feet above
the bell, which is 100 feet from the side
walk and is connected at the base in the
cellar with the cold air boxes which supply
the furnaces. The boy, as is supposed,
climbed up into the belfry TO try 10 secure
pair Of doves and reaching a point over
the opening Of the shaft, fell in. Search
was made for him in the church Saturday
night without success. During the service
on Sunday, however, some one heard a
weak cry of mamma" from the cellar, and
when the sexton went to look he found the
boy in a cold-air box not far from the base
of the shaft, where he had lain unconscious
for perhaps lS hours. He was weak and
dazed and could give no account Of what
had happened no bones were broken, but
he was bruised and scratched from head TO
foot. That he escaped with his life is mar
velous.
Geo. w. Gable has become the teacher of
the union Bible class held in fremont Tenn
pie, Boston, Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Moody began two-weeks' revival
meeting at Montreal on Sunday.
A severe gale on Lake Michigan on Mon
day caused the wreck of the steamer Cali
fornia and it is believed that IA lives were
lost.
Rev. DR.. Parker of London eulogized
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Sunday night
before a large audience in the Brooklyn
Academy of Music
whole audience of staid Presbyterians
rose to their feet and cheered when Pastor
y. p Newman declared at Washington
Sunday that the anarchists ought to have
been hanged long ago.
The grave of Benjamin Franklin in
Philadelphia is in a much neglected CON
dition.
A London news dealer says the circula-
ton of American magazines in Great Brit
ian exceeds that of all the leading home
publications of like character.
Leo XIII. rises at o'clock, and at : he
breakfasts on coffee and two boiled eggs.
The midday dinner is soup, beefsteak, des-
sert and one glass of Bordeaux. The ear
ly supper is composed of salad and eggs.
Bret Harte is living quietly in one of the
suburbs of London, and intends to make
his home there. By this means he obtains
copyright ON his writings in England.
and at the same time can secure a COPY
right in this country. He makes from
$4,000 to $4,000 year.
The car in which Abraham Lincoln made
the journey from Buffalo to Albany. on his
way to Washington for his first Inaugural
ton, is still in good condition, and running
ON the Auburn branch of the New York
Central railroad. The portraits of Lincoln
and the national flag with which the in
terror was decorated for the occasion re-
main as permanent fixtures
Street roughs are called "larrikins" in
Sydney, Australia. The name was derived
from the reply of policeman who was
asked 10y the court what there was against
the prisoner whom he had arrested. ''Just
larrikin about the sthrates, yer Honor"
was the reply of the officer who was an
lrishman. From that time disorderly con
duct was termed larriking, aud the rough
was called a larrikin.
The latest charity fad of Boston society
Is called THE cheerful letter exchange
Addresses of deserving women and girls of
the West are obtained, and a correspond
ence is started, which delights the Western
er and allows the maid of modern Athens
to feel that she is doing a little good in the
world. 1t has been suggested that dollar
tucked in occasionally would give clearer
right to the title cheerful"
When compelled to travel all night, the
Siberian natives always make practice of
stopping just before sunrise and allowing
their dogs to get to sleep They argue that
If dog goes to sleep while it is yet dark
and wakes up in an hour and finds the sun
shining, he will suppose that he has had a
full nights rest and will travel all day
without thinking of being tired. One
honrs stop, however, at any other time
will be of no use whatever.